9:51 PM,
Nov. 22, 2012

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News-Leader Staff

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band from New Orleans will bring its "Creole Christmas" performance to Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets on campus.

The band is named after the Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. The band features multi-generational musicians who have studied with previous members of the band. It works to sustain the authenticity of Dixieland music, which features trumpets, trombones and clarinets.

The "Creole Christmas" show features a gumbo of New Orleans' holiday ...